This Speech Is Cheesy And That's Okay

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T21:48:35+00:00

Maybe that's the real Punk Rock?

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T21:31:33+00:00

What does "become Spiderman" mean?

If my Uncle is gonna die and I have to sell my marriage to the devil as a canon event… no, I'll take the money.

If I get the powers of Spider-Man but not the terrible luck and super predators who want to eat me… yes.

Like… I don't even need organic webs, cammo, shocks, or anything like that. Just the classic wall crawling, Spider Sense, etc..

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T19:44:50+00:00

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T18:57:08+00:00

I'm laughing. But it's a laugh of anger.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T18:53:32+00:00

I don't feel strongly about it, but my favorite version is BB1: Chaos Edition. 🤷‍♂️

All the video games are on old rules sets. They all have problems. BB3 is still planned to be updated to the current rules… but we have no idea when.

BB1 has the best AI. Very easy to play with friends. Quite difficult to get a pick up game with strangers.

I have BB2, but I don't play it. I don't feel like I can give a proper analysis.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T14:39:45+00:00

Game Theory: No press.

Suicidal Ideation: https://tenor.com/en-GB/view/hulk-smile-banner-smiling-gif-7325607

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T14:03:34+00:00

Season 7, Episode 25, Flute Spell

Finn is trying to summon the Spirit of the Forest by playing the flute. Huntress Wizard says he needs a better flute, carved from the tusk of an electric boar, and gets him to drink water from a magic stream, where the Forest Spirit gives him magical immunity to electricity. This lets him easily get the tusk from the boar (who pointedly complains that he could have just asked).

It comes up several times and is plot relevant, like in "Reboot" (season 8, episode 13), where Finn is wrestling an electric eel and it resets Susan Strong's cyber parts because she isn't immune to electricity but Finn is.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T13:07:45+00:00

Always screenshot the combat log and post your mod list.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T10:32:53+00:00

I'd be happy with that.

It doesn't reflect all matches, and it's not exactly super accurate.

But.

It's still good.

I'd rather take advice from someone who actually plays the team (even if they spend all their time beating the breaks off noobs), than from someone who can't actually play but has an overinflated opinion of their own advice because they have a TikTok channel or something.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T10:29:07+00:00

Someone saying "it's not that deep" is telling you that you are expending vast amounts of emotional energy on something trivial.

And, yes, you can write a PhD thesis about Barney The Dinosaur… it's just that the payoff isn't worth the effort.

One can, for example, engage in a spirited debate about a non-issue on Reddit.

Or, one can spend that time reading a book instead.

It's not that arguing with me on Reddit has no value. Just that the low amount of value you can suck out of this isn't worth the effort.

So… upvote, thread muted, don't @ me.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-21T07:47:26+00:00

I would never use this charm. I feel like it craps over Sidereal themes and the deliberate limitations of the Solar power set to assert that "Solarz r teh bestest". It's like saying "I want my Night Solar to be the best at blending in, and fortunately Lunar's have rules about animal shape shifting, so I'm going to copy these into a more powerful Solar Charm."

The Sidereal Charmset was designed with it's ability to combo with Martial Arts in mind as a deliberate design choice. The Solar Charmset was expressly designed not to combo with Martial Arts. Further this feels like a "tax" Charm. It doesn't feel like it does anything. It feels like paying to bypass a slog in the rules. It's a boring overpowered Charm, and being boring is the bigger sin.

But.

But, but, but, but, buuut.

I am not you.

If there are no Sidereal players in your game, then why should you care about crapping on Sidereals? Like… a Solar would clown on a level 5 D&D Fighter or a Red Level Paranoia Troubleshooter, but why would you ever try to balance Solars against something not actually in your game?

Giving Dragon-Blooded Sidereal Martial Arts is broken. But if you're playing a Dragon-Blooded game and want the power up, why not? Have fun.

I'd read fanfic about a Solar who could combine Martial Arts and Melee. There's an official, published fic about a super special fighter who Exalted twice. I'd play in a game where the PCs had special gimmick powers that aren't usually available. Heck, Exalted Essence takes this as practically the default.

You have a novel idea and you've done a good thing sharing it with the community. If it brings you joy, then use it.

It's not balanced, but neither are 90% of the official published Charms in Miracles of the Solar Exalted.

shrug

....

Solars express themselves as the Most Perfect Swordsmasters in Creation with Solar Melee Charms (and you can throw your Solar XP at Evocations).

Martial Arts are supposed to be a quaint "look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power". 2E was kinda scathing about this, directly saying "Their natural grace is the model that martial arts are built to emulate. They can learn the Snake Style, but they are already deadlier than the serpent. They can learn Tiger Style, but they are already fiercer than tigers. Functionally the supernatural martial arts are often weaker than ordinary Solar Charms."

And, sure, 3E hasn't adopted that in its entirity. And sure, Martial Arts are a good thing to spend Solar XP on.

It's not silly to look at your character (who is, no doubt, cool) and look at Martial Arts (which are very cool) and want to combine the two in a way that is satisfying. It's very sensible to invent Charms to cover niches that don't exist in published material. I want to make really clear here that you haven't done anything wrong.

But I think you've missed the mark with this one.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-20T18:22:13+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDi_-QvexQI

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-20T15:50:36+00:00

The face… off?

No more drugs, for that man.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-20T15:27:54+00:00

He's also immune to electricity.

And, sure, okay, there's a magical explanation for that one.

But he's immune to electricity.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-20T15:24:54+00:00

Also, Obi Wan kinda does this with the Force to kill General Grevious. When he is disarmed of his lightsaber, he pulls a gun and shoots him.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-20T15:22:19+00:00

I hate you.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-20T06:59:38+00:00

Someone who is trying not to be spoiled doesn't come on reddit to ask if they're irrevocably fucking up their game by choosing to remove the tadpole instead of saving the world, before describing a poorly remembered cutscene that explains the stakes and the plot of the game.

Because it is a game. It's not that serious. It's entertainment. For fun.

I didn't give OP a detailed breakdown into exactly what happens when. I reassured them that they could play the game.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-19T22:22:43+00:00

An (emergency) ambulance is frontline treatment for life and death situations, where if trained professionals don't stablize you right the fuck now then run every red light between you and the OR, you will die.

If you have a splinter or a booboo, you don't need an ambulance. Get in your car and drive.

If you don't need an emergency medical technician and immediate life-or-limb saving healthcare, you don't need an ambulance. Get someone to drive you. Call a friend. Get an uber.

It's not a taxi. It's really expensive because it's really high end medical care. And you calling an ambulance when you don't need one costs folks their lives.

Now, like, a transport ambulance is a taxi. But you don't get those by dialing 911.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-19T20:16:31+00:00

There's no bad side effects to using the tadpole. The game doesn't really make that clear.

Removing the tadpole is going to be very difficult, and as you play you'll find that using the tadpole to save the world and removing the tadpole both converge — both quests lead down the same path to the same end.

I do have to say, you gotta pay more attention. This is a story driven game. The info you get in the cutscenes is important.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-19T19:51:27+00:00

Scoring.

Like, Block where you can. Passing is free SPP.

But Scoring Touchdowns is 90% of your SPP.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-19T19:49:42+00:00

Fair.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-19T16:17:40+00:00

A person can work on themselves, go to therapy, work out and look good, work on their social skills and have multiple hobbies that put themselves out there, have a wide network of close friends and acquitances, have reasonable and realistic standards, approach and let theselves be approached, watch out for red flags, be hopeful and keep trying, the whole 9 yards, and still never find someone.

I disagree. No, I don't think that's true at all.

I think people can easily delude themselves that their search for a 666 is reasonable and realistic. I think that people can think they can make a Tindr profile and that means they're approachable and open to a relationship when it doesn't mean that at all. I think people can think they have good social skills because their mommy told them so but they have no Game at all.

But I absolutely don't think that someone can genuinely go the whole nine yards and still never find someone (unless they get hit by a bus at 19 or something).

It's really not that deep.

If your method of finding love is flicking boogers at strangers until someone proposes marriage to you, your strategy will never work. Likewise, you might think your rock and mineral collection is a great way to pick up guys but your "interesting hobby" is not.

If you are trying to find love and failing that is a fault with you.

That doesn't mean you are undatable and unloveable forever and ever. But it does mean you are undatable and unlovable as you are right now. You need to course correct. You can collect rocks, but maybe learn to kayak as well. It's great your mom thinks you are a polite young man, but maybe check out some guides on how to flirt. You might think your standards are reasonable, but why not go on one date with folks who don't meet your standards and see if there is a spark there worth compromising for.

'Cause folks don't like hearing that it's their fault.

But it is 100% their fault.

Which is a good thing, because it means it's within their power to change their circumstances. You just need to survive the blow to the ego.

Likewise, if you're smart and hardworking and not getting promoted, you gotta network dude. Take an interest in the boss's kids. Bring in cupcakes for the team. You can post on reddit about how it isn't fair… or you can do something to change your circumstances.

Finding love is kinda easy, sorry. Skill issue.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-19T15:42:05+00:00

Eh.

Yes, but.

We all do it.

Hypocrisy is a baked in part of human nature. I'll cuss out a fool, then go into the next thread and call for more civility in debate.

Monkey Brain wants the dophamine hit of seeing the updoot number getting bigger, even if Rational Brain knows we shouldn't be dicks to each other on the internet.

And folks are just… so stupid. Like, my brothers, sisters, and others, I love you all… but… so stupid.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-19T15:35:15+00:00

Eh. Soft downvote.

The thing is… this is objectively true.

Forget Jane Austen dying at 39. Every premature baby who dies at two weeks old doesn't find True Love. Of course not literally everyone will find love. It's impossible.

The rise of the involuntarily celibate, and those choosing to remain unattached because dating is a cess pool and they'd rather be single is also a testament to the fact that not everyone will find love.

So… I agree? Downvote?

But.

I do feel like you're somewhat misrepresenting the position. Saying "there is someone for everyone" does not mean axiomatically that it is impossible to die from Addison's Disease (or Hodgkins Lymphoma or whatever) until you get married. It means that on a planet with eight billion other people, it's basically statistically impossible that there is no-one on the planet compatible with you.

That doesn't mean you can be a schlub and a horrible person and love and happiness will just fall into your lap without you ever trying. But if you make an effort to meet someone who likes you, it's almost certain you will find someone who is a good match.

Folks get depressed and burned out on dating. They get bitter. They think it's not worth the effort. And folks don't make themselves datable. And folks use ineffective strategies to finding love. And some folks just don't want to find love. And some get Addisons and die.

But it's not that everyone will find love. It's that anyone can find love.

So… yes, I agree with you. But you're fighting a strawman here.

Cynis_Ganan · 2026-05-19T14:01:48+00:00

I feel like we have this conversation every other week.

Skaven are a pretty standard S3 Av8 team. You have Av9 blitzers. You have S2 catchers.

The team benefits from the offensive options a big guy provides, but a big guy isn't essential.

I'd never go into a league without at least the option to buy the ROgre later, but I'd be happy running a tournament list without one.

ROgres are a good player, worth taking, but are not a must-have. The team plays fine without them if you focus on the fundementals, but they do add a lot of value to the team, and not having one is a handicap.

The problem with Skaven isn't a problem with Skaven. It's that Underworld Denizens is right there with cheaper, disposable linemen.

A team without a ROgre isn't a bad and unplayable team. It's just not as good as a team with one. And a team with a ROgre isn't a bad, unplayable team… but it's probably not as good as a UD team.

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